@blueridgegurl.bsky.social
Sunny by nature but no need to push it.
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I was finishing E. Jean Carroll's new book when I a firefly lit up next to me. Just as I was thinking, "How wonderful," Simon leaped up, grabbed it in his meaty paws and ate it. It's a cruel breed.
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Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We're on our own.
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them. Their wish has come true. @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We're on our own.
Come down off the cross
We need the wood
- - Tom Waits
We need the wood
- - Tom Waits
December 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Come down off the cross
We need the wood
- - Tom Waits
We need the wood
- - Tom Waits
Kegsbreath bloviates ever grandly with each new lie. @captmarkkelly.bsky.social stands for the truth and honor. And bravery. This remarkable family has sacrificed so much.
No one has been more fearless, impassioned, and authoritative on the abject incompetence and lawlessness of the regime’s use of the military than Senator Mark Kelly.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Undaunted Veteran Stands Up to MAGA Bullies
Senator Mark Kelly is a national treasure
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December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Kegsbreath bloviates ever grandly with each new lie. @captmarkkelly.bsky.social stands for the truth and honor. And bravery. This remarkable family has sacrificed so much.
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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
More twaddle from both David Brooks and Maureen Dowd in today's @nytopinion.nytimes.com. Good lord.
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
More twaddle from both David Brooks and Maureen Dowd in today's @nytopinion.nytimes.com. Good lord.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
@margaretatwood.bsky.social Questionnaires often include the Q: "You're having a dinner party with 3 guests. Who would you invite?" And so many of answers include you. Who would YOU invite to your dinner party?
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@margaretatwood.bsky.social Questionnaires often include the Q: "You're having a dinner party with 3 guests. Who would you invite?" And so many of answers include you. Who would YOU invite to your dinner party?
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
A good time to revisit this beauty. Odom's voice is spectacular. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8T...
Seriously - This American Life, Sara Bareilles, and Leslie Odom, Jr.
YouTube video by This American Life
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A good time to revisit this beauty. Odom's voice is spectacular. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8T...
Trump tells Zelensky to fold or "fight his little heart out." Where is the world, particularly Europe which could be next? Especially when its people have shown such courage and belief in their country. Where is everybody?https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/22/trump-zelensky-russia-plan/
Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’
President Trump on Saturday heaped pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky, as he pushed Ukraine’s leaders to agree to a 28-point plan to help bring an end to the war.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trump tells Zelensky to fold or "fight his little heart out." Where is the world, particularly Europe which could be next? Especially when its people have shown such courage and belief in their country. Where is everybody?https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/22/trump-zelensky-russia-plan/
We're on our own. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We're on our own. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
I can't wait until we get to the point where we hear: "Sir (or Mam), 'following orders' is not a defense."
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I can't wait until we get to the point where we hear: "Sir (or Mam), 'following orders' is not a defense."
Private equity damages every field it enters. Think real estate, health care, child care, education, prisons, retail...
I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays
The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.
www.whio.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Private equity damages every field it enters. Think real estate, health care, child care, education, prisons, retail...
Oh Kermit, how I love you.
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Oh Kermit, how I love you.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
Another triumph for Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang! Please bring to NYC! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/a...
Review: A Chinese Classic Comes to Spectacular Operatic Life
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Another triumph for Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang! Please bring to NYC! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/a...
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We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…